I like the recent change that requires some H1-B's to be graduates of US schools
Could you provide a source for that piece of info?
If that's true thats a very welcome move. Most student's from india/china come here at the graduate level, and the admission criteria of graduate departments ensures that they are the best & brightest students of those countries.
I know from personal experience that these international students form the majority of grad students in most engineering departments across the country. A lot of the younger engineering professors nowadays are also international. These are smart and extremely productive people, and have survived fierce competition back home, the hardships of leaving family/friends, financial problems, and the like to come here. Far from taking US jobs they create hundreds by driving the economy by their productivity and skills.
These guys are being hit harder by out-sourcing than their American counterparts, because for them their employers have to go through the hassle of obtaining H1B visas plus pay salaries at US levels. Thus employers who want to hire locally prefer American citizens, and those trying to save a buck hire someone from India.
Restricting H1Bs to US graduates exclusively would be great. I know several recent graduates leaving due to difficulties obtaining H1B visas. They're getting hired very quickly back home though. Keeping them here might not be a solution to outsourcing, but letting them go without making use of their education definitely worsens the problem.
Maybe there will be a way to still have categorized torrent sites like suprnova.
Remember shareractor? That was a categorized (and searcheable) site for the edonkey network.
I'm a little concerned about the future very high speed Internet being used just like television by the masses. The internet has so much more potential for education and free uncensored flow of information, but developments like these might make a lot of people use the the net only as another way to watch TV. That is a smarter way to make them dumber.
Pirated copies of Doom 3 and NFS Underground 2 were availabe a week or so before the official release date, tempting many potential but impatient customers into becoming pirates.
Valve has done an excellent job by atleast delaying pirated versions beyond the official release date. A quick survery of P2P forums shows that many impatient pirates are becoming customers!
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I agree completely.. The only good thing is that even a moronic post can generate some intelligent comments and pointers to better material:)
Much better than that article
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I would strongly recommend the Code
Book by Simon Singh over that short article. It takes the reader from the Ceaser cipher all the way to quantum codes and is a very
enjoyable read. The
Codebreakers by David Kahn is also an excellent though
somewhat lengthier volume
I was working from home in the US and recently moved to the middle east. I still have the same job thanks to broadband internet and VoIP telephony. Cost of living here is much less, and it's nice to have the same US salary.
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cars connect to other cars wirelessly to get information about a traffic accident or an approaching ambulance. Useful, when you're late to work
I like the recent change that requires some H1-B's to be graduates of US schools
Could you provide a source for that piece of info?
If that's true thats a very welcome move. Most student's from india/china come here at the graduate level, and the admission criteria of graduate departments ensures that they are the best & brightest students of those countries.
I know from personal experience that these international students form the majority of grad students in most engineering departments across the country. A lot of the younger engineering professors nowadays are also international. These are smart and extremely productive people, and have survived fierce competition back home, the hardships of leaving family/friends, financial problems, and the like to come here. Far from taking US jobs they create hundreds by driving the economy by their productivity and skills.
These guys are being hit harder by out-sourcing than their American counterparts, because for them their employers have to go through the hassle of obtaining H1B visas plus pay salaries at US levels. Thus employers who want to hire locally prefer American citizens, and those trying to save a buck hire someone from India.
Restricting H1Bs to US graduates exclusively would be great. I know several recent graduates leaving due to difficulties obtaining H1B visas. They're getting hired very quickly back home though. Keeping them here might not be a solution to outsourcing, but letting them go without making use of their education definitely worsens the problem.
Maybe there will be a way to still have categorized torrent sites like suprnova. Remember shareractor? That was a categorized (and searcheable) site for the edonkey network.
I'm a little concerned about the future very high speed Internet being used just like television by the masses. The internet has so much more potential for education and free uncensored flow of information, but developments like these might make a lot of people use the the net only as another way to watch TV. That is a smarter way to make them dumber.
Hmm, now where can I get a remote with an "I'm feeling lucky" button? In Korea maybe?
...required for /. to work properly in firefox?
Pirated copies of Doom 3 and NFS Underground 2 were availabe a week or so before the official release date, tempting many potential but impatient customers into becoming pirates. Valve has done an excellent job by atleast delaying pirated versions beyond the official release date. A quick survery of P2P forums shows that many impatient pirates are becoming customers!
I agree completely.. The only good thing is that even a moronic post can generate some intelligent comments and pointers to better material :)
I would strongly recommend the Code Book by Simon Singh over that short article. It takes the reader from the Ceaser cipher all the way to quantum codes and is a very enjoyable read. The Codebreakers by David Kahn is also an excellent though somewhat lengthier volume
I was working from home in the US and recently moved to the middle east. I still have the same job thanks to broadband internet and VoIP telephony. Cost of living here is much less, and it's nice to have the same US salary.
But the food in the third world countries is much more tasty than American food
Now you can't say the cold was holding you back.
I waited so long to get a Gmail account, I don't care if it sucks now... I also like Doom3...
My nose wants these lighter ceramic lenses in my eye glasses.
With all the macho bird names already taken, look out for the Pontiac Peacock, Honda Hummingbird and the Mercury Magpie.